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From: Esa A E Peuha <peuha AT cc DOT helsinki DOT fi>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: help! FPU emulation worries... (RHIDE?)
Date: 20 May 1997 06:31:45 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
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Robert Hoehne <Robert DOT Hoehne AT Mathematik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de> wrote:
: Or is there any way for me to simulate the software FPU even when
: I have a 486 DX?

I don't think so.

: the software FP software,

Charming expression, that :-)

: it works by generating an exception
: for any floating point code.

No, the _processor_ generates the exception whenever it tries to execute
an FP opcode.

-- 
Esa Peuha
student of mathematics at the University of Helsinki
http://www.helsinki.fi/~peuha/

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